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5 unusual facts about Giovanni Boccaccio


Bernard Silvestris

There is evidence of influence in the works of medieval and renaissance authors, including Hildegard of Bingen, Vincent of Beauvais, Dante, Chaucer, Nicolas of Cusa, and Boccaccio.

Morita Sōhei

In addition to his own writings, Morita translated the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Henrik Ibsen, Miguel de Cervantes, Gabriele D'Annunzio, and Giovanni Boccaccio into Japanese.

The Filocolo

The Filocolo (orig. Il Filocolo) is a novel written by Giovanni Boccaccio between 1335-36.

The Universality of the French Language

For that reason precisely, a lot of renowned writers, such as Dante, Petrarch or Boccaccio had long time been reluctant to write in patois.

Tony Naumovski

He made his professional debut in 1998 in DECAMERON (an adaptation of Giovanni Boccaccio’s masterpiece) and played one of the lead roles in a production of the Macedonian National Theater of Bitola as part of The Ohrid Summer Festival.


Agnes de Mille

Besides Rodeo, two other de Mille ballets are performed on a regular basis, Three Virgins and a Devil (1934) adapted from a tale by Giovanni Boccaccio, and Fall River Legend (1948) based on the life of Lizzie Borden.

Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles

Some thirty-two noblemen or squires contributed the other stories, with some 14 or 15 taken from Giovanni Boccaccio, and as many more from Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini or other Italian writers, or French fabliaux, but about 70 of them appear to be original.

Ken Mitchell

An avid reader, by age twelve, Mitchell was exploring works by Giovanni Boccaccio, Joseph Conrad and Charles Dickens.

Maurice Scève

Scève was also responsible for a translation of a sentimental novel (Grimalte y Gradissa) by Juan de Flores as La Déplourable fin de Flamète (1535), which was inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio.

Novella

Principally, by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375), author of The Decameron (1353)—one hundred novelle told by ten people, seven women and three men, fleeing the Black Death by escaping from Florence to the Fiesole hills, in 1348; and by the French Queen, Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549), aka Marguerite de Valois, et. alii., author of Heptaméron (1559)—seventy-two original French tales (modeled after the structure of The Decameron).

Settignano

Giovanni Boccaccio and Niccolò Tommaseo both appreciated its freshness, among the vineyards and olive groves that are the preferred setting for even the most formal Italian gardens.


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